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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Aaron Rodgers numbers last week before garbage time: 12-of-20 for 119 yards, INT. The Falcons defense has gotten better over the year, that's not to say they are great, but they can get to the quarterback and Dan Quinn produced arguably the all-time defensive masterpiece in Super Bowl 48 for the Seahawks. I'm not saying the Pats D is awful, they've just played a lot of crappy QBs and offenses. Atlanta is historically great, not just some good offense we see every year. Belichick is great, but that's the thing about Atlanta's offense: He can focus on Julio, and let everyone else go off. Or he can focus on everyone else, and let Julio go off. Not exactly an easy choice, especially since even if you stop the passing game, they can run the ball really well too.
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I'm glad you mentioned Dan Quinn in past Super Bowls. Brady had 300 yards and 4 TD's against Dan Quinn's Seahawks defense in Super Bowl 49, which is FAR more talented than Atlanta's defense. Belichick has shutdown legendary offenses many times before, this is nothing new (80s 49ers, '90 Bills, 2001 Rams, Peyton in his 49 TD season, etc.). If there is anyone with a proven track record of out game-planning teams, it's Belichick.